Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

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I get really pissed off when people do stupid maneuvers that could knock me off or cause an accident. That kind of anger is righteous and if vehemently expressed might make someone realise what they've done (even that's debatable, really)

But for running a red light?

I'm sorry but any of the ripostes quoted in this thread would just make me think the commenter was a total cock. The last thing it's going to do is change my approach to traffic lights. The traffic rules we have are most emphatically NOT designed with cyclists in mind, so it doesn't make sense to follow them meticulously.

Check my post again, I said it's not cool to cycle in a way that's likely to cause an accident. That would apply to going through a red with pedestrians crossing your path. D'oh!

Your second point, I don't really get. What are they having to adjust for? The fact that you're now ahead of them and the poor dears have to overtake you again? The road layout in this country massively overprivileges drivers rather than cyclists. And you're talking about fairness? I'd argue that them having to maneuver around you because you're pace is different is a tad insignificant given that for most of the time we've got no allocated road space in the first place.

1. Just to re-iterate I have been and can be a hypocritical cock.

2. I didn't make my second point clear, I was giving an example of traffic flowing from a side road turning right into a major road- all on a green light. A cyclist bombing along that major road RLJs and now is jockeying for a position with the flowing traffic from the right lane. I know drivers that are very considerate and conscientious around other road users that get the fear when presented with this. What argument could you give for the cyclist's action- even though 99% of us could perform that manoeuvre all day without incident?

The same argument can be applied to folk crossing on the green man or on zebra crossing. If I speed up on my bike I can make it through the middle of the crossing without hitting anyone- thus no accident at all. How is that helpful?